Patsiku la World Tourism Day 2023, atsogoleri ochokera kumadera onse apadziko lonse lapansi adagwirizana kuti akhazikitse ndalama zake pakukulitsa ndi kusintha kwa gawoli. Zachitika mozungulira mutu wa "Tourism ndi Green Investments,” zikondwerero za Global Day of Observation zakhala zazikulu komanso zokhudzidwa kwambiri pa mbiri.
Riyadh Alandira Dziko Lapansi
Motsogozedwa ndi Ufumu wa Saudi Arabia, zikondwerero zovomerezeka ku Riyadh zidasonkhanitsa Atumiki a Zokopa alendo oposa 50 pamodzi ndi mazana a nthumwi zapamwamba zochokera m'maboma ndi mabungwe. Iwo analumikizidwa ndi UNWTOMayiko Amembala ndi ena onse okhudzidwa ndi zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi akukondwerera m'maiko awo. Kuwalandira onse, UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili ndi Minister of Tourism ku Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al Khateeb adatsindika kufunika kwa gawo lonselo kuti liwonjezere ndalama zomwe zimathandizira anthu, Planet ndi Prosperity.
Potsegula zikondwererozi, Nduna Yolemekezeka Ahmed Al Khateeb adatsimikiziranso kudzipereka kwa Ufumu pa chitukuko cha zokopa alendo komanso kuthandizira kwakukulu kwa UNWTOmission ya. Anati: "Ndimwayi komanso mwayi kukhala nawo pa World Tourism Day ku Riyadh. Tiyeni tikondwerere zomwe tachita pobwerera mwamphamvu ku mliriwu. Koma tiyeni tiyendenso ndi chidaliro m’tsogolo. Tsogolo lomwe mayiko akuluakulu ndi maiko ang'onoang'ono angagwire ntchito limodzi kuti akwaniritse zinthu zodabwitsa. Ndipo tiyeni tonse tiyende mogwirizana ku malo atsopano okopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi.”
UNWTO Mlembi Wamkulu Pololikashvili adati: "Zokopa alendo ziyenera kutsogolera njira yofulumizitsa kusintha kwathu kuti tikhale olimba mtima komanso okhazikika. Pachifukwa ichi, timafunikira ndalama zambiri, komanso mtundu woyenera wa ndalama. Umenewu ndiye uthenga waukulu wa Tsiku Loona za Zoona za Padziko Lonse la chaka chino, uthenga womwe ukukulitsidwa kuchokera kwa omwe akuchititsa zikondwererozi, Ufumu wa Saudi Arabia, ndipo ukunenedwa padziko lonse lapansi ndi mamembala athu kulikonse.
Tourism Investments mu Spotlight
Powona tanthauzo la Tourism ndi Green Investments, zikondwerero zovomerezeka za World Tourism Day zinali ndi magulu angapo a akatswiri, chilichonse chikuyang'ana chinthu chimodzi chofunikira kwambiri pagululi pompano. Izi zinaphatikizapo: Kuika ndalama mwa anthu, kupyolera mu maphunziro ndi ntchito; Kuyika ndalama m'malo, kuphatikiza malo atsopano ndi zogulitsa kuti muchepetse kuchulukana komanso kupindula kosiyanasiyana; Investing innovation and entrepreneurship, and Investing in green transformation.
Zokambirana zotsogozedwa ndi akatswiri, zomwe zidali ndi zopereka zochokera kwa nduna za zokopa alendo komanso za atsogoleri abizinesi ndi zachuma, zidatsatiridwa ndi zochita zamphamvu monga UNWTO adalengeza zoyeserera zazikulu zingapo:
- UNWTO Secretary-General Pololikashvili and Saudi Minister of Tourism Al Khateeb jointly announced plans for a new Riyadh School for Tourism and Hospitality. The School will offer eight levels of educational programs, ranging from certificates through to courses at the Bachelors and Master’s degree level, with a clear focus on bridging the current skills gaps in tourism.
- UNWTO announced the winners of its inaugural Women in Tech Start-Up Competition. The winning women-led enterprises were selected for the relevance of their work to tourism for development and for their potential to scale up. All of them will benefit from support and mentorship from UNWTO’s innovation network.